Technical Scrum Lead – Agile Delivery & DevOps Automation
First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
Scrum Lead Role with 5+ years of experience: We are looking for a practical Scrum Lead with technical experience.
They will be responsible for managing project priorities across an IT Product of ~ 30 applications (many of which are vital to the operation); prioritizing, assigning and managing developer work (in close cooperation with Leadership and Technical Leads); building out work process automation leveraging approved AI tools (e.g. User Story creation automation); working with other Product owners across Regional IT; leadership progress updates.
They will also lead strategic initiatives such as migrating from ADO to GitHub for all our repos.
Top 3 Skillsets: - Experience with building out Agile framework automation - ADO/GitHub - Git, Markdown Nice to Have Skillsets: - Aha! - AI automation tools - Development experience - Experience with American’s Product and Agile models Describe a great candidate that you are looking for
and what skills and experience they will have: The ideal candidate will be able to independently assess our current situation, come up with practical improvements, and implement processes to further our agility. They operate effectively in a team that shifts priorities often and quickly. They are a great communicator and like bouncing ideas off technical and leadership resources. They excel at removing administrative roadblocks for developers.
They are creative rather than by-the-book, and results-oriented.
What is the team environment and structure like?:
Sr. Manager + Manager 2 Technical Leads 3 Architects 20 Developers (Software, Data) Most of our team is at Skyview 8, but we also have team members spread out over the US, and a Squad in Hyderabad. We support Custom Development (mostly backend integrations) and Data needs for the Regional operation within American Airlines, which consists of 5 regional airlines flying a combined ~ 3,000 flights per day. We have no dedicated Product Owner or Scrum Lead. Scrum duties are currently taken on by developers. How will the resource(s) fit into your team?: They will take over the Scrum responsibilities currently fulfilled by our developers. They will sit at Skyview 8 and work closely with the Manager/Sr. Manager, the Technical Leads, the Developers, and the Architects, as well as Product Managers from other Regional teams.